- 20 Oct 2017 02:04
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@SolarCross
Islam isn't an issue in Iran and many people who are Muslim don't just be Muslim because they're forced to. Have you actually had an in-depth discussion with the Iranians you saw in Iran? Those people you saw sitting in a cafe, the old man walking around the Bazaar early in the morning when not a whisper is to be heard, the young people dancing at that club, heck even the religious police walking place to place with a depressed and worn out look on their faces as if the world has failed them. Have you talked to these people? Have you talked about their lives, their ideology, their place in the world, the way they think, the way they feel, their problems, their hopes, their dreams, their futures. Have you even tried to make a conversation with them? Of course you haven't. You probably didn't understand farsi (you were reading the Iran Daily for Christ sake which no one even reads since it's a heavily conservative pro-government newspaper) and if you tried to understand it, you gave up eventually and relied on vague hand gestures and simply Farsi words to make due with Iran.
Islam as a religion isn't relevant to most matters. Sometimes it isn't even considered. Political decisions are based on personal ideology and culture rather than Islam. Many social policy decisions in Iran are based on a radical interpretation of Shia Islam and pretty much no one agrees with them. They simply tolerate them because Iranians simply cannot risk another revolution and would rather change their government progressively than simply destroy everything and start again. Reformism is becoming increasingly more popular. Things are getting better for Iran, and nothing you say can change that. You could say that Islam is the issue, that thousands of Muslims in Iran believe this or that thousands of Muslims in Iran believe that but then I'll point you to the thousands of Muslims who have voted for Reformist leaders and politicians and even a Reformist president. Believe what you will and ignore the truth if you wish.
The literal definition of carefree means "free from anxiety or responsibility". If you talked to any nightclub goer in Iran, that's exactly what their attitude is. The environment doesn't have to be carefree in order for it's people to be carefree.
Where were you when you saw this? Since this doesn't sound like Iran.
However this does. Probably happened in Ahvaz.
Islam isn't an issue in Iran and many people who are Muslim don't just be Muslim because they're forced to. Have you actually had an in-depth discussion with the Iranians you saw in Iran? Those people you saw sitting in a cafe, the old man walking around the Bazaar early in the morning when not a whisper is to be heard, the young people dancing at that club, heck even the religious police walking place to place with a depressed and worn out look on their faces as if the world has failed them. Have you talked to these people? Have you talked about their lives, their ideology, their place in the world, the way they think, the way they feel, their problems, their hopes, their dreams, their futures. Have you even tried to make a conversation with them? Of course you haven't. You probably didn't understand farsi (you were reading the Iran Daily for Christ sake which no one even reads since it's a heavily conservative pro-government newspaper) and if you tried to understand it, you gave up eventually and relied on vague hand gestures and simply Farsi words to make due with Iran.
Islam as a religion isn't relevant to most matters. Sometimes it isn't even considered. Political decisions are based on personal ideology and culture rather than Islam. Many social policy decisions in Iran are based on a radical interpretation of Shia Islam and pretty much no one agrees with them. They simply tolerate them because Iranians simply cannot risk another revolution and would rather change their government progressively than simply destroy everything and start again. Reformism is becoming increasingly more popular. Things are getting better for Iran, and nothing you say can change that. You could say that Islam is the issue, that thousands of Muslims in Iran believe this or that thousands of Muslims in Iran believe that but then I'll point you to the thousands of Muslims who have voted for Reformist leaders and politicians and even a Reformist president. Believe what you will and ignore the truth if you wish.
The literal definition of carefree means "free from anxiety or responsibility". If you talked to any nightclub goer in Iran, that's exactly what their attitude is. The environment doesn't have to be carefree in order for it's people to be carefree.
I did see a largish crowd chasing a young lad, late teens I guess, shouting and throwing stones at him.
Where were you when you saw this? Since this doesn't sound like Iran.
I was told once about a girl who was stopped by religious police for wearing lipstick, they gave her a handkerchief to wipe it off with but it had razor blades wrapped in it.
However this does. Probably happened in Ahvaz.